Harvard v. RIAA: Harvard tells schools to not give in to RIAA demands
Yesterday, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School released a statement to all other schools. It was entitled “Universities to RIAA: Take a Hike.”
For those too pure to know what the RIAA is, let me explain. The Recording Industry Association of America is a company that works all kind of lawyer-magic and shady deals in order to stop the illegal sharing of the music owned by their members. Pretty much any popular music artist belongs to the RIAA. The RIAA boasts having 90% of all legitimate music sales in the U.S. If you have ever been sued or heard of someone being sued for downloading music, these were the guys behind it.
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Yes, it is true. “But how can it be?,” you might ask. Well, according to Michael Kremer at Harvard, who did a study on the British acquisition of AIDS, the spread of the virus could be significantly slowed down if everyone with fewer than 2.25 sexual partners per year (75% of all heterosexuals age 18 to 45) were to have more sex.